simply because the government let aig go under. now the government has reaped the $27 billion profit for its own. it was well, it turned out to be a savvy investment. i mean, whatever happens to get you elected into a higher office. and then he seemed to attack me for being pro the government with aig. i want to thank two people who made sure the government took care of this situation here. he prthe government did multipl offers of aig. this one was the best of all. the second person, aig ceo. this company had almost been destroyed. and through force of will fixed the darn thing and turned it into more of a powerhouse before the crash and it isn't done. this time it was done between the two of them. a warm and heartfelt thanks. that is what we care about. stay with cramer. >> it is a brutal full contact sport. >> when the whistle blows, traders trading for what could turn out to be the final play of the game. >> i know it is not easy but i promise to keep fighting for you. the. >> the road is a tough one. but the pay off can be a g

there's some trends that can trump the government, health and wellness maybe? breaking up is easy to do stories. better than expected retailers, in the end when it come to the fiscal cliff, the longer we delay a deal or can't do a deal at all, it's worse for all the shareholders and the investors and the stock market. yes, a deal that does nothing, it simply keeps taxes where they are right now and doesn't cut entitlements, that's what everybody wants. what does matter, believe he, i mean what's going to happen if we do nothing except keep things exactly the way they are now, and just vote to undo the cliff? the rating agencies, they'll downgrade the u.s. debt. but that's it. by the way, we have already proven through nine ways of sunday that the agencies are ridiculous. when our credit rating got downgraded last summer, well, bonds went up in price and down in yield. so why not do nothing? why doesn't the president say we're just going to keep bonds the way they are? and we're not going to cut entitlements because we know if we don't cut taxes, the republicans